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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

“If it’s attention (deciding what to pay attention to) that makes our reality, regaining control of it can also mean the discovery of new worlds and new ways of moving through them.”

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

September 20, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

In one word: Cerebral Cannonball Read Bingo: Flora I found myself at the MOST adorable independent bookstore (swoon) and spent a delicious amount of time perusing the shelves. That day I was in a particular mood regarding my social media use, railing against the timesuck that for me is scrolling Facebook and Instagram. I was looking for some novel that I can no longer identify. They didn’t have it in stock, but I found this one instead. It had pretty good reviews on Goodreads (more […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbrbingo13, how to do nothing, Jenny Odell

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbrbingo13, how to do nothing, Jenny Odell ·
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One Day in February

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper

August 24, 2021 by LittlePlat 6 Comments

Australia gets a lot of coverage overseas when it comes to our devastating bushfires. The collective bushfires of January 2020 were especially notable for their sense of apocalypse. But as horrific as the 2020 fires were, the summer of 2009 was even more deadly. February 7 was a particularly devastating day for my home state of Victoria; known as ‘Black Saturday,’ the extreme weather conditions helped fan the flames of over 400 individual fires, killing 173 people, and impacting many, many more. I had friends […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Australia, cbrbingo13, Chloe Hooper, crime, non fiction, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, the wilds

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Australia, cbrbingo13, Chloe Hooper, crime, non fiction, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, the wilds ·
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An Unbelievable Life

Born Again Blakfella. by Jack Charles; Namila Benson

August 14, 2021 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

  Jack Charles certainly started Born Again Blakfella with a memorable scene. As a beloved actor in Australia and noted First Nations activist, you would think that he would start by drawing attention to his achievements in both of these fields. But Charles decided to start his memoir with a facet of his life that didn’t lead to him getting glowing reviews in the newspapers: “It’s the middle of the night and I’m huddled over, dragging my dilly bad, which is chock full of all […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Australia, cbrbingo13, First Nations, Jack Charles, Jack Charles; Namila Benson, Namila Benson, rep

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Australia, cbrbingo13, First Nations, Jack Charles, Jack Charles; Namila Benson, Namila Benson, rep ·
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